Stack Overflow: Quality through Community Control
Stack Overflow has created a community with very high-quality standards by ceding control to community members with strong reputations
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MoviePass: A Platform for Burning Cash
MoviePass skyrocketed to over 2 million users with a revolutionary $7.95 subscription price for seeing movies. But without a clear path to profit on even a single transaction, is it a platform for anything more than burning cash?
Klarna: One-click Wonder or International Online Banking Powerhouse?
Since first appearing on the e-commerce scene in 2005, this Swedish company has been exacerbating online shopping addictions and helping retailers combat #cartabandonment. With 60 million unique customers, flexible payment options, a vault of transaction data, and a new shiny banking license, Klarna has big plans on the horizon.
Amazon: The New King of Music?
Amazon has become the third largest music subscription globally [1]. Should Apple and Spotify be scared? Yes.
Instagram – The Unstoppable Value-Creation Machine
Instagram has emerged as
#Value-Creation #Value-Capture #Product-Platform #Social-Media
Netzun: a start-up competing in the job search market
The digital transformation have changed the way professionals and companies network and connect to find jobs. In this industry, LinkedIn has emerged as a winner, with more than 546 million users in more than 200 countries [1]. In Peru, despite […]
Yelp: Re-accelerating Growth
Although we likely still agree that Yelp remains a top choice for restaurant search and reviews, the company is facing slowing growth due to increased competition and less success in expanding its platform into other categories
Peloton: the digital platform revolutionizing the future of fintness
A darling of the NY Tech scene, Peloton recently ascended to unicorn status, attracting the attention of well-capitalized competitors. What should Peloton do to defend its platform strategy and growth trajectory?
Shopify – Superior Product to Global Platform
Shopify burst on the scene in 2004 as a straightforward way for merchants to set up an online store at a hosted domain. The Canadian firm initially gained traction through its product superiority and affordability. Merchants and customers loved the […]
Grubhub: Delivering a Valuable Platform
Grubhub is attempting to increase network effects and increase barriers to multi-homing for customers on both sides of their platform